Today 2-4pm on Soho Radio - TEARS FOR FREARS a @tseliotprize.bsky.social special featuring Nick Makoha & Sarah Howe. Tune in live sohoradio.com

Poet Karen Solie at the T.S.Eliot awards ceremony. She wears a red dress and stands at a lectern.

Congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of the @tseliotprize.bsky.social with Wellwater (Picador)!

Watch Young Critic Caleb Simon's video review of the collection at www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwIJ...

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Tonight! Have you booked your tickets yet?

"Heed my cadences then and live only for now.
Don’t ever bother about tomorrow.
Just pluck, today, life’s full-blooded roses."

From: Tom Paulin, 'Quand vous serez bien vieille'
after Pierre de Ronsard, in the collection 'Namanlagh', nominated for the @tseliotprize.bsky.social this year.

I'm really looking forward to the @tseliotprize.bsky.social readings tonight at the South Bank, and to the Awards Ceremony tomorrow evening. Such a wonderful celebration of contemporary poetry and chance to hear the work of a range of brilliant poets, some very well known to me, others less so.

Molly Knox reviews ‘When It Rained for a Million Years’ by Paul Farley YouTube video by T. S. Eliot Prize

Had the greatest pleasure of reviewing Paul Farley’s collection ‘When it Rained for a Million Years’ as part of the @poetrysociety.org.uk & @tseliotprize.bsky.social Young Critics Scheme 2025. 🌧️🔦✈️

You can check out my video on YouTube, here: youtu.be/D7PIySOnEPM?...

Carcanet Press One of the outstanding literary publishers of our time, Carcanet Press has a special emphasis on poetry from around the world.

Head to @carcanet.bsky.social’s website and get 20% off all current and former Carcanet @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted and winning poetry collections.
A great way to stock up and also but my last collection Eleanor Among The Saints at a discount. Simply use the code.

www.carcanet.co.uk

Young Critic Anisha Jaya Minocha reviews Gillian Allnutt's Lode YouTube video by The Poetry Society

Many thanks to Young Critic Anisha Jaya Minocha for this very thoughtful guide to Gillian Allnutt's @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted tenth collection Lode.
@poetrysociety.org.uk
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Here's an excerpt from Young Critic Aphra Le Levier-Bennett's review of Catherine-Esther Cowie's Heirloom shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social

Watch the rest of Aphra's review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysqP...

Here's an excerpt from Young Critic Freya Gillard's review of Vona Groarke's Infinity Pool, which is shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social

Watch the rest of Freya's review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCNB...

Today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way is with the wonderful Catherine-Esther Cowie.

We spoke about her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection Heirloom, the new Rosalía album Lux, and using persona poetry as a type of mask work.

Listen wherever good podcasts can be found.

We're delighted to announce with @englishpen.bsky.social & @seamusheaneyestate.bsky.social the winner of the PEN Heaney Prize is Namanlagh by Tom Paulin. It's a wonderful collection! Congratulations to all our finalists, and huge thanks to the judges Sasha Dugdale, Séan Hewitt & Zaffar Kunial 👏🍾

Today’s interview with the amazing poet Sarah Howe is now live. We spoke about time, flow states, and her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection Foretokens.

Check out The Poems We Made Along The Way wherever good podcasts can be heard.

Episode 36: Gillian Allnutt - "An exercise in truthfulness"

Great in-depth interview with Gillian Allnutt on the latest episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way podcast. She was in conversation with host @gregorykearns.bsky.social about her poetry, in particular her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection #Lode.
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Here's an excerpt from Young Critic Ishita Uppadhayay's review of Sarah Howe's Foretokens, shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social

Watch the rest of Ishita's review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwp0...

And we are thrilled to host @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social
on 7/Nov at the Letters and Literature conference. One week to go! Tickets here: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/...

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Follow this link to access the T.S. Eliot Prize resources for Vona Groarke’s Infinity Pool. (Videoed readings to follow): tseliot.com/prize/work/i...
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Congratulations to all ten poets shortlisted for the 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social, with a special shout out to St. Lucian author Catherine-Esther Cowie for her debut collection, Heirloom published by @carcanet.bsky.social!
Read more about this prestigious award at:
tseliot.com/prize/t-s-el...

Oct news: New books by Menna Elfyn, Selima Hill & Kit Wright; Katrina Porteous wins Laurel Prize; @tseliotprize.bsky.social & Saltire shortlistings for Gillian Allnutt & Niall Campbell; @jesstraynor.bsky.social reviews; @forwardprizes.bsky.social Highly Commended Poems.
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Gillian Allnutt's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Lode' is one belter of a book. Check out the resources on the Prize's website (including my review): tseliot.com/prize/shortl... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social

Delighted to see Vona Groarke on the shortlist for this year's
T. S. Eliot Prize for her collection, Infinity Pool. Congratulations to all selected authors.
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We're delighted that Gillian Allnutt has been shortlisted for the 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social for her tenth poetry collection Lode. Many congratulations to all ten shortlisted poets.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

We're overjoyed to share that Catherine-Esther Cowie's debut collection Heirloom has been shortlisted for a 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social!

Well done Catherine-Esther, and all the other shortlisted poets and publishers! 🎉

We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist!
Our judges have chosen ten books "of great range, suggestiveness and power; from Entebbe to Manitoba... there is something here for everyone."

Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/

Chris Holifield

We are deeply saddened to share the news that Chris Holifield, Director of the Poetry Book Society 2003–16 and Director of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2016–22, died on 3 September 2025.

Read our tribute to Chris in full: tseliot.com/prize/a-tire...

A muted blue-grey background with big, bold white text that reads: Can you show us... A visual Q&A with National Poetry Competition 2025 judge Denise Saul. Behind the text is a large, opaque, sketched question mark. In the top left corner is a white Poetry Society logo. The bottom left corner has a white National Poetry Competition logo. The bottom right corner has a headshot of Denise Saul in a circular frame.

The same muted, blue-grey background with white text. At the top, it reads: ... a poetry collection that helped inspired you to become a poet? Below is an image of Lyn Hejinian's 'My Life and My Life in the Nineties'. Behind the image are two smaller versions of the opaque question marks. Her answer, below the image, reads: Lyn Hejinian's My Life gave me permission as a poet to open up the spaces within and outside of a poem.

The same template as before. The question reads: ... an image that relates to something you enjoy doing outside of poetry? The image is of a colourful piece of art. Denise's response: I often visit art galleries. Photo from Emily Kam Kngwarray's current art exhibition at Tate Modern.

The question reads: ... a place where you feel most able to write? The image is of large, full, green tree above a river surrounded by greenery and blue skies. Denise's answer: As a keen walker, I am inspired to write in historical and urban green spaces. Photo - Hampton Court Park

To help you get to know your judges for the 2025 National Poetry Competition, we've asked each one to participate in a visual Q&A.

Next is Denise Saul, whose debut collection The Room Between Us (Pavilion / Liverpool University Press, 2022) was shortlisted for TS Eliot poetry prize 2022, (...)

We were glad to hear the Laurel Prize shortlist readings in Bradford last night. Congratulations to this year’s winner Katrina Porteous for Rhizodont @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social announced by Chair of judges Kathleen Jamie @poetryschool.bsky.social

Young Critics Scheme 2025: meet the cohort Ten young writers have been chosen to take part in the fourth Young Critics Scheme, a partnership between The Poetry Society and the T.S. Eliot Prize Anisha Minocha · Anna Jones Aphra Le Levier-Bennett · Caleb Simon Freya Gillard · Ishita Uppadhayay Jay Mitra · Lucas Sheridan · Molly Knox Shannon Clinton-Copeland

The Poetry Society and the T.S. Eliot Prize are thrilled to announce the ten reviewers selected for this year's Young Critics Scheme. Keep an eye on our YouTube channel later for their video reviews of the T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist!

Find out more: poetrysociety.org.uk/news/t-s-eli...

Here's an excerpt from our video with Sarah Howe, discussing how her work's changed since she wrote her T.S. Eliot Prize-winning collection Loop of Jade (2015). To see the rest of the video and find out more, visit our new website: tseliot.com/prize/eliot-...

Here's an excerpt from our video with Sarah Howe, discussing how her work's changed since she wrote her T.S. Eliot Prize-winning collection Loop of Jade (2015). To see the rest of the video and find out more, visit our new website: tseliot.com/prize/eliot-...